September 1976: British rock group Queen at Les Ambassadeurs, where they were presented with silver, gold and platinum discs for sales in excess of one million of their hit single 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which was No 1 for 9 weeks.

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' now the most-streamed song of the 20th century

'Bohemian Rhapsody' has surpassed 1.6 billion streams worldwide.

Author:
Tegna

Published:
1:30 PM EST December 12, 2018

Updated:
1:45 PM EST December 12, 2018

Universal Music Group announced this week that Queen's iconic single "Bohemian Rhapsody" is now the world's most-streamed song from the 20th century and the most-streamed classic rock song of all time.

According to UMG, the original song and its official music video has surpassed a combined 1.6 billion streams worldwide. The number takes into account streams of the song on Spotify, Apple Music and other online services.

The music video alone has racked up more than 753 million views since it was published on YouTube in August 2008.

The song, originally taken from Queen's A Night at the Opera album, has seen a boost in streams recently thanks to the success of the Queen biographical film by the same name.

In just five weeks that film became the highest grossing biopic movie in history, UMG added.